Starting almost before any candidates announced their intentions to run, this series of 22 debates went on just a little too long.
Highlights:

• The Democrats boycotted Fox News debates
• Hillary and Barack exchanged heavy shots over lobbyists, negotiations, and experience
• Online polls showed Ron Paul dominated the debates
  
• On screen announcers ridiculed the online results
• Ron Paul created some of the most noteworth moments as he actually debated Huckabee and McCain over the Iraq War
• As candidates dropped out, the stage emptied, but the questions remained the same
• The You*Tube debate features questions submitted online, but selected through a secretive process.
• Republican lobbyists submitted questions for the Democratic candidates. The media didn't notice or didn't care because they aired the questions and created a mini-scandal.
• Alan Keyes got on the stage at the NAACP debate and made a mockery of the process
• The Univision debate featured candidates breaking the rules to prove they spoke Spanish
• The final Democratic debate was dominated by questioning focused on minutiae in an apparent attempt to discredit one candidate